ABSTRACT

This is No 4 of a monograph's on Clinical and Experimental Psychiatry, which aims to keep track of important developments in Psychiatry, to summarize what has been achieved in particular fields and to bring together the view points obtained from disparate vantage points- to capture some of the excitement ongoing in modern psychiatry both in its clinical and experimental dimensions. This edition looks the role of Serotonin in Clinical Psychiatric Research.

chapter 1|5 pages

Introduction

Why Study Serotonin in Clinical Psychiatric Research?

chapter 2|19 pages

Central Serotonin Receptors

Functional Correlates and Clinical Relevance

chapter 3|30 pages

The Receptor Sensitivity Hypothesis of Antidepressant Action

A Review of Antidepressant Effects on Serotonin Function

chapter 4|34 pages

Neuroendocrine Studies in Psychiatric Disorders

The Role of Serotonin

chapter 5|38 pages

The Monoamine Hypothesis of Depression

The Case for Serotonin

chapter 13|31 pages

Beyond Serotonin

A Multiaminergic Perspective on Abnormal Behavior